Definition of 'australia'

Noun

1. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
      Synonyms: Commonwealth of Australia
2. the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean

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